Current Affairs - Sports

India won the gold medal in the women's kabaddi event at the 2023 Asian Games, defeating Chinese Taipei in the final. This was India's third gold medal in women's kabaddi at the Asian Games.

Ojas Deotale is Nagpur's first Asian Games gold medalist. He won the gold medal in the men's individual compound archery event at the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. He is the first athlete from Nagpur to win an Asian Games gold medal, and he is one of India's most successful athletes at the 2023 Games.

India's men's compound team of Abhishek Verma, Ojas Deotale, and Prathamesh Jawkar won the gold medal in the compound men's team archery at the Asian Games 2023. They defeated South Korea 235-230 in the final.

India's Dipika Pallikal and Harinder Pal Sandhu won the gold medal in the mixed doubles squash tournament at the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou, China. They defeated Malaysia's Aifa Azman-Mohd Syafiq Kamal 2-0 (11-10, 11-10) in the final. This is the first time a squash mixed doubles tournament has featured at the Asian Games.

Neeraj Chopra won the gold medal in the men's javelin throw at the Asian Games 2023 with a throw of 88.88m. Kishore Kumar Jena won the silver medal with a throw of 87.54m.